Practicing yoga not only makes you more flexible and strong, but it can also help you get pregnant when used with or without modern fertility drugs. But yoga isn't the only type of alternative treatment that improves reproductive health. Qigong breathing and movement exercises improve reproductive health for women in their 20s, 30s and even 40s.
Yoga Benefits for Reproductive Health
Yoga offers many benefits that directly relate to reproductive health. Practicing yoga brings blood flow to the reproductive organs, which has a detoxifying effect. Certain yoga poses also stimulate ovulation. Yoga also creates an emotional connection between couples to increase intimacy, which certainly increases the likelihood of conception.
Legs-up-the-Wall Pose
The Legs-up-the-Wall pose is an excellent pose for women to practice to improve reproductive health. The Sanskrit name for this pose is Viparita Karani. Legs-up-the-Wall pose encourages blood and energy to go to the pelvis because of the position of the legs. This pose is frequently shown to women who want to get pregnant. It is also calming. To perform Legs-up-the-Wall pose, lie on your back and put your legs straight up against a wall. Position the legs perpendicular to the hips and remain there to let blood flow down to the pelvis. This pose also alleviates backache as well as leg and feet cramping.
Bow Pose
The bow pose is useful for reproductive health because it gently puts pressure on the abdomen and massages the internal organs. Do not do this pose or others like it though if you do become pregnant as the abdominal pressure it not good for a fetus. The Sanskrit name is Dhanurasana. To perform Bow pose, lie on your belly and bend your knees toward your buttocks. Extend your arms backward and lift your head and chest off the floor so you can grab the outside of your ankles. Push your ankles backward as far as you can, arching your back and retracting your shoulders to do so.
Qigong Exercises
Qigong is a type of Chinese system for health, martial arts and energy cultivation. Several specific Qigong exercises are appropriate for improving female reproductive health. A short sequence you can do includes three simple exercises together that bring energy to the hands and abdomen. First, stand up straight and shake your hands vigorously in front of your belly with your palms facing you for three minutes. This brings energy, blood and heat to your palms. Then, rub your kidneys with your palms at least 100 times. Work up to 1,000. Performing this exercise after sex also replenishes lost Qi from intercourse. This takes a minimum of 120 days to get results.
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